An unknown 18th-century artist created this painting of Saint Eligius, an altruistic artisan and bishop who lived during the time of the Merovingian Frankish...
In the 7th and early 8th centuries, Bardanes Philippikos (also commonly known as Philippicus Bardanes) was a prominent member of the ruling elite involved...
Grettir's Saga (anonymously-written Icelandic text, c. 14th century)
"Few things lead more certainly to misfortune than not being able to accept what is good."
Spoken...
This gloomy scene, painted by the French artist Jacques-Louis David (c. 1748–1825), depicts the widowed Andromache mourning over the body of her husband, Hector—the...
The witch-fearing people of medieval Europe developed for themselves several methods that they thought would help them detect, and possibly track, witches living in...
